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Autobiographical Narrative Outline. GRANT. [Attention Grabber] [Background] [Setting] Give Hint about significance of experience Thesis statement ( A general statement of your experience) Events take place in chronological order. (What happened first, second, etc.)

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  1. Autobiographical Narrative Outline GRANT

  2. [Attention Grabber] • [Background] • [Setting] • Give Hint about significance of experience • Thesis statement ( A general statement of your experience) • Events take place in chronological order. (What happened first, second, etc.) • Events #1 (paragraph 2) • People (sensory details) • Setting: where? (sensory details) • Concluding sentence with transition to next topic. • Topic Sentence (subject & attitude) • Events #2 (paragraph 3) • People (sensory details) • Setting (sensory details) • Concluding sentence with transition to next topic. • Topic Sentence (subject & attitude) (paragraph 4) • Thoughts #1 • Feelings #2 • Dialogues (something that was said) #3 • Concluding Transition • Conclusion – look back on the experience from now. (Topic Sentence) (paragraph 5) • Reflect on what you learned #1 • Reveal (tell) the importance, of the experience #2 • Give the meaning of the experience to your life • Concluding thought(s) Autobiographical Narrative Outline

  3. Topic Sentence (subject & attitude) Four Types of Sentences: Declarative: Makes a statement of fact or opinion. Interrogatory: Asks a question. Imperative: Commanding statement. (Stop that woman.) Exclamatory: Strong statement, showing excitement. (I love his smiling face!) The subject. is what the sentence is about: The CONTROLLING IDEA is your attitude about the subject. For example:Some amusement park rides//can be frightening experiences. _____________________________________________ SubjectControlling Idea

  4. Sensory Details • Seeing: red, blue, green, yellow, purple, brown, black and white (scarlet, indigo, chartreuse, ochre, violet, sienna); dark, light, slender, chubby, huge, tiny, gargantuan, miniscule, square, round, rectangular, and triangular • Hearing: loud, clear, whispering, crying, laughing, fluting, jarring, strident, mellifluous, soft, mellow, grating, soothing • Touching: textured, smooth, cool, warm, bumpy, rough, gooey, fluid, lumpy • Smelling: fragrant, ripe, decaying, scented, moldy, odiferous, stinky, sweet, rank, angry • Tasting: sweet, sour, tangy, bitter, cool, warm, tart • Feelings: tender, loving, annoyed, caring, frustrated, exhilarated, excited, bored, irritated, exhausted, anxious, withdrawn, vulnerable, hopeful

  5. Introductory paragraph [Attention Grabber] I’m in trouble now! [Background] Irene arrived at school wearing a violet scarf and we became quick easy friends. She knew more than I knew about boys: how to dress, and how to be cool. [Setting] Irene spent the night at my house. The window of my room opened onto the patio below, fenced in by a six foot high hedge. Beyond the rectangular hedge, the driveway led to the silent street. Our excitement almost boiled over as midnight approached. [Give Hint about the experience’s significance] What happened next changed my life. Thesis statement: (General statement of the experience) I learned hard lessons about trust and friendship that night.

  6. First Body paragraph Topic Sentence (subject & attitude) • Events take place in chronological order (What happened first, second, etc.). • Topic Sentence:for 1st Event: • People: name them and describe(sensory details) • Setting: where? (sensory details) • Your feelings: tell what you felt (internal monologue) • Concluding Sentence: with transition to next event

  7. Second body paragraph Topic Sentence for second event (subject & attitude) • Events take place in chronological order. (What happened first, second, etc), just like the first body paragraph. • Topic Sentence: for 2nd Event: • People (sensory details) • Setting (sensory details) • Your feelings or thoughts (internal monologue) • Concluding sentence with transition to next topic.

  8. Third Body Paragraph -Climax Topic Sentence (subject & attitude) Climaxing event • Describe the crisis/conflict: use sensory details • Thoughts: give your thoughts • Feelings: tell how you felt • Dialogues: (something that was said) • Concluding Sentence: with transition phrase

  9. Denouement/Conclusion– look back on the experience from now. • Topic sentence: reflect on what you learned • Reveal:(tell)the importance of the experience • Give the meaning(s) of the experience to your life now: How has it changed you? • Concluding thought(s)

  10. Choose One: • Think about a time when you faced a challenge. Write a story about that time, including how you dealt with the challenge and what its outcome was. Be sure to narrate an event or a series of events to include specific details so that the reader can follow your story. • Write a story about a time when you taught something to someone. What you taught could be a song, an activity, a game, a way of figuring out a homework problem, or something else. Be sure to narrate an event or a series of events and to include specific details so that the reader can follow your story. • Think about an event in your life that taught you an important lesson. Write a narrative in which you tell what happened and how you learned a lesson. Be sure to include specific details so that a reader can follow your story. Autobiographical Narrative Prompts

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